Scandal around Emilia Perez actress Karla Sofia Gascon explained
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Scandal around Emilia Perez actress Karla Sofia Gascon explained

Oscar -nominated film Emilia Perez makes headlines for a controversy around her actress Karla Sofia Gascon. Some old posts from the actress were resumed on the internet where she made racist comments about George Floyd and criticized Oscars. She also published Islamophobic content, in addition to attacked Selena Gomez.

Now, in the midst of this controversy, the director of the movie Jacques Audiard has distanced himself from the actress. In an interview he said that when you trust someone and then suddenly read about the hateful things they have said, it affects the relationship.

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“When you have that kind of relationship and suddenly you read something that person has said, things that are completely hateful and worthy of being hated, of course, that relationship is affected. It’s as if you fall in a hole. For what Karla Sofía said it is unforgivable. ”

He continued, “she is in a self -destructive strategy that I can’t disturb, and I really don’t understand why she continues. Why does she hurt herself? Why? I don’t understand it.”

Emilia Perez

Noteworthy is Karla the first open trans -sex actor who is the nomination of Oscar in the actor category.

At the same time, it is reported that Netflix has lost the actress from her campaign and distanced herself from her. Nor will she participate in the critics’ election awards.
For the unvered one reads one of Karla Sofia’s old posts, “honestly, I think very few people ever cared about George Floyd, a drug addict, but his death has served to once again show that there are people who still consider black people to be … without rights and believe that police are murderers.
She had also criticized Oscars who said: “More and more #oscars looks like a ceremony for independent and protest films, I didn’t know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival, a Black Lives demonstration or 8m. Apart from that ugly, ugly gala. “When she talked about Islam, she published in 2016 that religion” becomes a legacy for infection for humanity that must be cured. “
After the controversy, the actress issued an apology that read: “I want to admit the conversation about my previous posts on social media that have caused hurt. I know this suffering too well and I am deeply sorry for those I have caused pain. My life I have struggled for a better world.